diff --git a/aio/content/examples/http/src/app/config/config.service.ts b/aio/content/examples/http/src/app/config/config.service.ts
index 4905fd4d58..bc9bf101f3 100644
--- a/aio/content/examples/http/src/app/config/config.service.ts
+++ b/aio/content/examples/http/src/app/config/config.service.ts
@@ -79,8 +79,7 @@ export class ConfigService {
       // The backend returned an unsuccessful response code.
       // The response body may contain clues as to what went wrong.
       console.error(
-        `Backend returned code ${error.status}, ` +
-        `body was: ${error.error}`);
+        `Backend returned code ${error.status}, body was: `, error.error);
     }
     // Return an observable with a user-facing error message.
     return throwError(